Just to whet your xAPpetite ;)

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

I have a small circuit on my desk here, which is based on a PIC16 processor= .
It has a *tiny* number of components, but can talk serial to a PC at 9600 baud.

This circuit has a light and a standard mains wall switch attached to it.
Flick the switch, the light comes on, and the device sends a xAP message ou= t
onto the RS232 connection to the PC. A xAP application running on the PC forwards this on to the Ethernet network, so that an application listening<= BR> on Jenni's PC knows that the switch was just thrown, and the light is on.
Jenni then sends a xap message from a controller app, saying no, switch tha= t
light off again.

The PC application sends the message on to to the PIC, which dutifully obey= s
the xap Message, and turns the light off. a second or so later, it sends anothe xap Message, to let any application on the network know that the
light just went off.

It's a proof of concept, but when you consider that this circuit costs abou= t
=A38, the bright future of xAP should be obvious.

The first version of the protocl has now been finalised, and we need
developers to assist, and if you have a personal HA itch that needs
scratched, now is the time to do something about it.

Trust me on this.

I am a complete noob at both Visual Basic and PIC development, yet I have working IC xAP hardware, and a Winamp Controller written. If you want to make it happen, you can.

Ian.

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